For the last 30 years I've identified myself as a "print" journalist. When I went through college and graduate school, it was an "either or" proposition. Either you were a "print" reporter or you were a broadcast "journalist."

And the two endeavors rarely met.

Last year, I decided to delve into a new undertaking. I decided to write a book and to create a series of broadcasts on a murder case I covered when I was a young reporter.

We are two years out from the 2018 elections and he deposited $50 million into his own campaign coffers. Why so much, so soon?

He's sending a message.

Whatever Democrat considers taking him on will be attacked relentlessly.

In 2014, when Rauner was elected,...

This resolution has made 2016 one of the most professionally fulfilling of my life.

On Monday, my broadcasts will become available to the public.

Folks who are interested in listening to the broadcasts can go to Suspectconvictions.com and subscribe. The subscription is free and the broadcast can be downloaded to your cellphone. This is a project I did in partnership with WVIK, the NPR affiliate in Rock Island.

It's a riveting story about a 9-year-old girl who was kidnapped and slain in 1990 and a man who is accused of the crime. After 26 years in prison, he will be retried in May. There are allegations of police misconduct and hidden evidence.

We explore those issues and more.

Gathering information for this series has been an adventure. And I assure you that it will be an adventure for those who listen.

I've found myself interviewing homeless men under overpasses in New Orleans, talking to prison guards in Mississippi, interviewing a secret police informant in Iowa and talking to a grieving mother in Illinois and also a number of hardened criminals who have served time.